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32 :: The webpage's description of the GC is a bit short

[2012-06-06T11:04:27+02:00]

renoX (orginal) [2012-06-06T11:04:27+02:00] view original

IMHO, it should be added whether the GC is precise (great), mostly precise (ok) or conservative (do you feel lucky?).
I've reread the description, I should have done it first: 'non-tracing' imply precise, no?

BR, renoX

Araq (orginal) [2012-06-06T19:52:11+02:00] view original

It's mostly precise; references on the stack are traced conservatively. Tracing the stack precisely is not hard to implement, but really bad for performance.